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… Some basic questions What is agrobiodiversity?1 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … animals, plants and micro-organisms that are important to food and agriculture, and which result from the interaction … millennia can be closely linked to social stability and food security. For farmers across the world, agrobiodiversity …

… such as climate change, sustainable development and food security. IUCN works in partnership with the United … land for their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy … to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security remain stable or increase within specified …

… Make available nutritious, local and sustainable fresh food. 7. Prevent littering. Draw on the results of local … of dogs available to leopards. When leopards seek new food sources in adjacent urban areas, deadly human-wildlife … A distinct Maroon culture still exists, especially in food, music, dance, language and sacred natural sites, many …

… different ways. Differences in home range area, body size, food resources and foraging patterns, nesting and shelter … large area requirements; • species that are high in the food chain, such as owls, diurnal raptors, snakes and large carnivorous mammals; • species that have specialized food or habitat requirements, such as seasonally varying or …

… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … human livelihoods and providing essential goods such as food, fibre, medicines and construction materials. Addressing … the capacity of ecosystems to meet people’s need for food and other livelihood related products, and to physically …

… mountain gardens and provided manual labour in return for food and a share of the harvests. The Gebaliya continue to … still aim to use gardens as a significant source of food, irrigating them from hand-dug wells where water levels … order to conserve the Sinai Baton Blue butterfly and its food plant. They did this as the result of a research project …

… Guinea-Bissau: Mangrove conservation, climate change and food security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … protected areas 6 Foreword AFD Natural resources provide food, energy, and housing. As such, they are key to the … a holistic management of rural areas which aims to enhance food production as well as human protection and well-being. …

… Intact food webs, presence of apex predators, predator-prey … integrity and diversity as well as livelihoods and food security (Maffi 2002, Turner et al. 2012, Sobrevilla … resource fluxes, transport, predator-prey interactions and food-web structure within and among ecosystems (Bauer et al. …

… can increase local economic impact. � Purchase local food and drink: When visitors, park staff and tourism employees consume locally grown food and drink, they provide important income to local … the local area is unavoidable, simply because not all food, supplies and services are produced locally. However, …

… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … adaptation EEA European Environment Agency FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GCM … in populations of species upon which they depend for food, compounded by a loss of sea ice, which disrupts their …